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1. Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah,

that Jehovah spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan,

thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to

the children of Israel.

3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I

given it, as I spake unto Moses.

4 From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the

river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea

toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.

5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of

thy life. as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail

thee, nor forsake thee.

6 Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt cause this people to

inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

7 Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all

the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the

right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever

thou goest.

8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt

meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to

all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous,

and then thou shalt have good success.

9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not

affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee

whithersoever thou goest.

10. Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

11 Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying,

Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye are to pass over this

Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah your God giveth you to

possess it.

12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of

Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,

13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you,

saying, Jehovah your God giveth you rest, and will give you this land.

14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall abide in the land

which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but ye shall pass over before your

brethren armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them;

15 until Jehovah have given your brethren rest, as [he hath given] you,

and they also have possessed the land which Jehovah your God giveth them:

then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it,

which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan toward the

sunrising.

16. And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we

will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go.

17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken

unto thee: only Jehovah thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.

18 Whosoever he be that shall rebel against thy commandment, and shall

not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put

to death: only be strong and of good courage.

1. And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies

secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came

into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.

2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in

hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land.

3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men

that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come

to search out all the land.

4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the

men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were:

5 and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it

was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not: pursue

after them quickly; for ye will overtake them.

6 But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks

of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

7 And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords:

and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, they shut the

gate.

8. And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

9 and she said unto the men, I know that Jehovah hath given you the land,

and that the fear of you is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of

the land melt away before you.

10 For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea before

you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the

Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye

utterly destroyed.

11 And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there

remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Jehovah your God, he

is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.

12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by Jehovah, since I have

dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father's

house, and give me a true token;

13 and that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren,

and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from

death.

14 And the men said unto her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this

our business; and it shall be, when Jehovah giveth us the land, that we

will deal kindly and truly with thee.

15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was

upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers

light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be

returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

17 And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath

which thou hast made us to swear.

18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of

scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou

shalt gather unto thee into the house thy father, and thy mother, and thy

brethren, and all thy father's household.

19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house

into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be

guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall

be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

20 But if thou utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of

thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them

away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

22. And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days,

until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout

all the way, but found them not.

23 Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed

over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had

befallen them.

24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly Jehovah hath delivered into our hands

all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do melt away

before us.

1. And Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim,

and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged

there before they passed over.

2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through

the midst of the camp;

3 and they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the

covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then

ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.

4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand

cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which

ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow

Jehovah will do wonders among you.

6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the

covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the

covenant, and went before the people.

7. And Jehovah said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in

the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I

will be with thee.

8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant,

saying, When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall

stand still in the Jordan.

9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the

words of Jehovah your God.

10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among

you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite,

and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and

the Amorite, and the Jebusite.

11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth

over before you into the Jordan.

12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for

every tribe a man.

13 And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests

that bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the

waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even

the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.

14. And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass

over the Jordan, the priests that bare the ark of the covenant being before

the people;

15 and when they that bare the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the

feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water

(for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest,)

16 that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one

heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those

that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly

cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood

firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over

on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over the Jordan.

1. And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over the

Jordan, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,

2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

3 and command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of the

Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones,

and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where

ye shall lodge this night.

4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children

of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

5 and Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God

into the midst of the Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon

his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of

Israel;

6 that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time

to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

7 then ye shall say unto them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut

off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; when it passed over the

Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be

for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up

twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Jehovah spake unto Joshua,

according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they

carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them

down there.

9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the

place where the feet of the priests that bare the ark of the covenant

stood: and they are there unto this day.

10. For the priests that bare the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan,

until everything was finished that Jehovah commanded Joshua to speak unto

the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people

hasted and passed over.

11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that

the ark of Jehovah passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the

people.

12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the

half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as

Moses spake unto them:

13 about forty thousand ready armed for war passed over before Jehovah

unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

14 On that day Jehovah magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and

they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

15 And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,

16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come

up out of the Jordan.

17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of the

Jordan.

18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the

covenant of Jehovah were come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the

soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry ground, that the

waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and went over all its

banks, as aforetime.

19 And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first

month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.

20. And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua

set up in Gilgal.

21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children

shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this

Jordan on dry land.

23 For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before

you, until ye were passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea,

which he dried up from before us, until we were passed over;

24 that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Jehovah, that

it is mighty; that ye may fear Jehovah your God for ever.

1. And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, that were

beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, that were

by the sea, heard how that Jehovah had dried up the waters of the Jordan

from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their

heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the

children of Israel.

2 At that time Jehovah said unto Joshua, Make thee knives of flint, and

circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

3 And Joshua made him knives of lint, and circumcised the children of

Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: all the people that

came forth out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in

the wilderness by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt.

5 For all the people that came out were circumcised; but all the people

that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of

Egypt, they had not circumcised.

6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till

all the nation, even the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, were

consumed, because they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah: unto whom

Jehovah sware that he would not let them see the land which Jehovah sware

unto their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and

honey.

7 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them did Joshua

circumcise: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised

them by the way.

8 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the nation,

that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.

9 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach

of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of that place was called Gilgal,

unto this day.

10. And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the

passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of

Jericho.

11 And they did eat of the produce of the land on the morrow after the

passover, unleavened cakes and parched grain, in the selfsame day.

12 And the manna ceased on the morrow, after they had eaten of the

produce of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but

they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

13. And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his

eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his

sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art

thou for us, or for our adversaries?

14 And he said, Nay; but [as] prince of the host of Jehovah am I now

come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said

unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

15 And the prince of Jehovah's host said unto Joshua, Put off thy shoe

from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua

did so.

1. Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel:

none went out, and none came in.

2 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho,

and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor.

3 And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city

once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

4 And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the

ark: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the

priests shall blow the trumpets.

5 And it shall be, that, when they make a long blast with the ram's horn,

and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with

a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the

people shall go up every man straight before him.

6. And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take

up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of

rams' horns before the ark of Jehovah.

7 And they said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let

the armed men pass on before the ark of Jehovah.

8 And it was so, that, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, the seven

priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Jehovah passed on,

and blew the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah followed

them.

9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew the trumpets, and

the rearward went after the ark, [the priests] blowing the trumpets as they

went.

10 And Joshua commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor let

your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth,

until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.

11 So he caused the ark of Jehovah to compass the city, going about it

once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark

of Jehovah.

13 And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before

the ark of Jehovah went on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the

armed men went before them; and the rearward came after the ark of Jehovah,

[the priests] blowing the trumpets as they went.

14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the

camp: so they did six days.

15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early at the

dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven

times: only on the day they compassed the city seven times.

16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew the

trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for Jehovah hath given you

the city.

17. And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to

Jehovah: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in

the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

18 But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when

ye have devoted it, ye take of the devoted thing; so would ye make the camp

of Israel accursed, and trouble it.

19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy

unto Jehovah: they shall come into the treasury of Jehovah.

20 So the people shouted, and [the priests] blew the trumpets; and it

came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the

people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the

people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took

the city.

21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and

woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the

sword.

22 And Joshua said unto the two men that had spied out the land, Go into

the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath,

as ye sware unto her.

23 And the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her

father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; all her

kindred also they brought out; and they set them without the camp of

Israel.

24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the

silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into

the treasury of the house of Jehovah.

25 But Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all that she

had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel unto this

day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

26 And Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be

the man before Jehovah, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: with

the loss of his first-born shall he lay the foundation thereof, and with

the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

27 So Jehovah was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.

1. But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted thing;

for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the

tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing: and the anger of Jehovah was

kindled against the children of Israel.

2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on

the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and spy out

the land. And the men went up and spied out Ai.

3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people

go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not

all the people to toil thither; for they are but few.

4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and

they fled before the men of Ai.

5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; and they

chased them [from] before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them at

the descent; and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

6. And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before

the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they

put dust upon their heads.

7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all

brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the

Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been content and dwelt

beyond the Jordan!

8 Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs

before their enemies!

9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it,

and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what

wilt thou do for thy great name?

10. And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus

fallen upon thy face?

11 Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which

I commanded them: yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have

also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own

stuff.

12 Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies;

they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become

accursed: I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the devoted

thing from among you.

13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against

tomorrow: for thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, There is a devoted

thing in the midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand before thine

enemies, until ye take away the devoted thing from among you.

14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought near by your tribes: and

it shall be, that the tribe which Jehovah taketh shall come near by

families; and the family which Jehovah shall take shall come near by

households; and the household which Jehovah shall take shall come near man

by man.

15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the devoted thing shall be

burnt with fire, he and all that he hath; because he hath transgressed the

covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.

16. So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by

their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

17 and he brought near the family of Judah; and he took the family of the

Zerahites: and he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man; and

Zabdi was taken:

18 and he brought near his household man by man; and Achan, the son of

Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was

taken.

19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to

Jehovah, the God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now

what thou hast done; hide it not from me.

20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against

Jehovah, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

21 when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonish mantle, and two hundred

shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I

coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the

midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it

was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

23 And they took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them unto

Jehovah.

24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and

the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his

daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and

all that he had: and they brought them up unto the valley of Achor.

25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? Jehovah shall trouble thee

this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with

fire, and stoned them with stones.

26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones, unto this day; and

Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that

place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

1. And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take

all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given

into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land;

2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her

king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a

prey unto yourselves: set thee an ambush for the city behind it.

3. So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua

chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth

by night.

4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in ambush against

the city, behind the city; go not very far from the city, but be ye all

ready:

5 and I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the

city. And it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the

first, that we will flee before them;

6 and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the

city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will

flee before them;

7 and ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city:

for Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand.

8 And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set

the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do: see, I have

commanded you.

9 And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to the ambushment, and abode

between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that

night among the people.

10 And Joshua arose up early in the morning, and mustered the people, and

went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

11 And all the people, [even] the [men of] war that were with him, went

up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side

of Ai: now there was a valley between him and Ai.

12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between

Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.

13 So they set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the

city, and their liers-in-wait that were on the west of the city; and Joshua

went that night into the midst of the valley.

14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and

rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle,

he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he

knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and

fled by the way of the wilderness.

16 And all the people that were in the city were called together to

pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from

the city.

17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after

Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

18 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy

hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua stretched out

the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.

19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon

as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it;

and they hasted and set the city on fire.

20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the

smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this

way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back

upon the pursuers.

21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city,

and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew

the men of Ai.

22 And the others came forth out of the city against them; so they were

in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they

smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

23. And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the

inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they pursued

them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were

consumed, that all Israel returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of

the sword.

25 And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve

thousand, even all the men of Ai.

26 For Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith he stretched out the

javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey unto

themselves, according unto the word of Jehovah which he commanded Joshua.

28 So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation,

unto this day.

29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the eventide: and at the

going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from

the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised

thereon a great heap of stones, unto this day.

30. Then Joshua built an altar unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, in mount

Ebal,

31 as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded the children of Israel, as

it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones,

upon which no man had lifted up any iron: and they offered thereon

burnt-offerings unto Jehovah, and sacrificed peace-offerings.

32 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which

he wrote, in the presence of the children of Israel.

33 And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood

on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites,

that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the

homeborn; half of them in front of mount Gerizim, and half of them in front

of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded at the first,

that they should bless the people of Israel.

34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the

curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read

not before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones,

and the sojourners that were among them.

1. And it came to pass, when all the kings that were beyond the Jordan, in

the hill-country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea

in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the

Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;

2 that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with

Israel, with one accord.

3. But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto

Jericho and to Ai,

4 they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been

ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-skins, old and

rent and bound up,

5 and old and patched shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon them;

and all the bread of their provision was dry and was become mouldy.

6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and

to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make ye

a covenant with us.

7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell

among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?

8 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto

them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

9 And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come

because of the name of Jehovah thy God: for we have heard the fame of him,

and all that he did in Egypt,

10 and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond

the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was at

Ashtaroth.

11 And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us,

saying, Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them,

and say unto them, We are your servants: and now make ye a covenant with

us.

12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the

day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and is become

mouldy:

13 and these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are

rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the

very long journey.

14 And the men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the

mouth of Jehovah.

15. And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let

them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a

covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and

that they dwelt among them.

17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on

the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth,

and Kiriath-jearim.

18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the

congregation had sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel. And all the

congregation murmured against the princes.

19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto

them by Jehovah, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

20 This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us,

because of the oath which we sware unto them.

21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live: so they became hewers

of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had

spoken unto them.

22. And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore

have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among

us?

23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you

bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.

24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy

servants, how that Jehovah thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you

all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before

you; therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and have

done this thing.

25 And now, behold, we are in thy hand: as it seemeth good and right unto

thee to do unto us, do.

26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the

children of Israel, that they slew them not.

27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for

the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, unto this day, in the place

which he should choose.

1. Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard how

Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the

inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;

2 that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of

the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men

thereof were mighty.

3 Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron,

and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto

Debir king of Eglon, saying,

4 Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made

peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the

king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of

Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts,

and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.

6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying,

Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us,

and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the

hill-country are gathered together against us.

7. So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him,

and all the mighty men of valor.

8 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them

into thy hands; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.

9 Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly; [for] he went up from Gilgal

all the night.

10 And Jehovah discomfited them before Israel, and he slew them with a

great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of

Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.

11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, while they were

at the descent of Beth-horon, that Jehovah cast down great stones from

heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more who died with

the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.

12 Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the

Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel,

Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; And thou, Moon, in the valley of

Aijalon.

13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation had

avenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of

Jashar? And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go

down about a whole day.

14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that Jehovah

hearkened unto the voice of a man: for Jehovah fought for Israel.

15. And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

16 And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in

the cave at Makkedah.

18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and set

men by it to keep them:

19 but stay not ye; pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of

them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for Jehovah your God hath

delivered them into your hand.

20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made

an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were

consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the

fortified cities,

21 that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in

peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.

22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those

five kings unto me out of the cave.

23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of

the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth,

the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon.

24 And it came to pass, when they brought forth those kings unto Joshua,

that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the chiefs of

the men of war that went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks

of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of

them.

25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed; be strong and of

good courage: for thus shall Jehovah do to all your enemies against whom ye

fight.

26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged

them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that

the cave wherein they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the

mouth of the cave, unto this very day.

28. And Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and smote it with the edge of

the sword, and the king thereof: he utterly destroyed them and all the

souls that were therein; he left none remaining; and he did to the king of

Makkedah as he had done unto the king of Jericho.

29 And Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah,

and fought against Libnah:

30 and Jehovah delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of

Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that

were therein; he left none remaining in it; and he did unto the king

thereof as he had done unto the king of Jericho.

31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish,

and encamped against it, and fought against it:

32 and Jehovah delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel; and he took it

on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the

souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him

and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

34 And Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, unto Eglon;

and they encamped against it, and fought against it;

35 and they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword;

and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day,

according to all that he had done to Lachish.

36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron;

and they fought against it:

37 and they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the

king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were

therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to

Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls that were therein.

38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought

against it:

39 and he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and

they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the

souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron,

so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah,

and to the king thereof.

40 So Joshua smote all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the

lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but

he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel,

commanded.

41 And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the

country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.

42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time,

because Jehovah, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

1. And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard thereof, that he

sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of

Achshaph,

2 and to the kings that were on the north, in the hill-country, and in

the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the heights of

Dor on the west,

3 to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the

Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the

Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people,

even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and

chariots very many.

5 And all these kings met together; and they came and encamped together

at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.

6 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them; for

to-morrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou

shalt hock their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the

waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them.

8 And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they smote

them, and chased them unto great Sidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto

the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them

none remaining.

9 And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses,

and burnt their chariots with fire.

10. And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and smote the

king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those

kingdoms.

11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the

sword, utterly destroying them; there was none left that breathed: and he

burnt Hazor with fire.

12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did

destroyed them; as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded.

13 But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none

of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.

14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of

Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the

edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any

that breathed.

15. As Jehovah commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua:

and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that Jehovah commanded

Moses.

16 So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and

all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the

hill-country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;

17 from mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the

valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and

smote them, and put them to death.

18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.

19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save

the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: they took all in battle.

20 For it was of Jehovah to harden their hearts, to come against Israel

in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no

favor, but that he might destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

21 And Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the

hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the

hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of Israel: Joshua

utterly destroyed them with their cities.

22 There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of

Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain.

23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Jehovah spake

unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to

their divisions by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.

1. Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel smote,

and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising, from the

valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:

2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer,

which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and [the city that is in]

the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, the

border of the children of Ammon;

3 and the Arabah unto the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and unto the sea

of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and

on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:

4 and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who

dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

5 and ruled in mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, unto the

border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead, the border

of Sihon king of Heshbon.

6 Moses the servant of Jehovah and the children of Israel smote them: and

Moses the servant of Jehovah gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites,

and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

7. And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of

Israel smote beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal-gad in the valley of

Lebanon even unto mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; and Joshua gave it

unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;

8 in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the

slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite,

and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

9 the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

10 the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

11 the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

12 the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

13 the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

14 the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

15 the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

16 the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;

17 the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

18 the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;

19 the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

20 the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

21 the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

22 the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;

23 the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in

Gilgal, one;

24 the king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.

1. Now Joshua was old and well stricken in years; and Jehovah said unto

him, Thou art old and well stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very

much land to be possessed.

2 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the regions of the

Philistines, and all the Geshurites;

3 from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the border of Ekron

northward, [which] is reckoned to the Canaanites; the five lords of the

Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the

Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim,

4 on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongeth

to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the border of the Amorites;

5 and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising,

from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath;

6 all the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon unto

Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians; them will I drive out from before

the children of Israel: only allot thou it unto Israel for an inheritance,

as I have commanded thee.

7. Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes,

and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

8 With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance,

which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses the

servant of Jehovah gave them:

9 from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the

city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba unto

Dibon;

10 and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in

Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;

11 and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all

mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salecah;

12 all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei

(the same was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); for these did Moses

smite, and drove them out.

13 Nevertheless the children of Israel drove not out the Geshurites, nor

the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel unto

this day.

14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of

Jehovah, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spake

unto him.

15 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben according to

their families.

16 And their border was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of

the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the

plain by Medeba;

17 Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and

Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,

18 and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

19 and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar in the mount of the

valley,

20 and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,

21 and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of

the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the chiefs of

Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon,

that dwelt in the land.

22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of

Israel slay with the sword among the rest of their slain.

23 And the border of the children of Reuben was the Jordan, and the

border [thereof]. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben

according to their families, the cities and the villages thereof.

24 And Moses gave unto the tribe of Gad, unto the children of Gad,

according to their families.

25 And their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the

land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;

26 and from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim

unto the border of Debir;

27 and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and

Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and

the border [thereof], unto the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth

beyond the Jordan eastward.

28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their

families, the cities and the villages thereof.

29 And Moses gave [inheritance] unto the half-tribe of Manasseh: and it

was for the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their

families.

30 And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og

king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore

cities:

31 and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom

of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even

for the half of the children of Machir according to their families.

32 These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of

Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward.

33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: Jehovah, the God

of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spake unto them.

1. And these are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the

land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and

the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel,

distributed unto them,

2 by the lot of their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by Moses, for the

nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.

3 For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the

half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave no inheritance

among them.

4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and

they gave no portion unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in,

with the suburbs thereof for their cattle and for their substance.

5 As Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they

divided the land.

6. Then the children of Judah drew nigh unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb

the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing

that Jehovah spake unto Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning

thee in Kadesh-barnea.

7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of Jehovah sent me from

Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was

in my heart.

8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the

people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God.

9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy foot

hath trodden shall be an inheritance to thee and to thy children for ever,

because thou hast wholly followed Jehovah my God.

10 And now, behold, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as he spake, these forty

and five years, from the time that Jehovah spake this word unto Moses,

while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore

and five years old.

11 As yet I am as strong this day as I as in the day that Moses sent me:

as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out

and to come in.

12 Now therefore give me this hill-country, whereof Jehovah spake in that

day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities

great and fortified: it may be that Jehovah will be with me, and I shall

drive them out, as Jehovah spake.

13 And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of

Jephunneh for an inheritance.

14 Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh

the Kenizzite unto this day; because that he wholly followed Jehovah, the

God of Israel.

15 Now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba; [which Arba was]

the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

1. And the lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their

families was unto the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin

southward, at the uttermost part of the south.

2 And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea,

from the bay that looketh southward;

3 and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along

to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by

Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;

4 and it passed along to Azmon, and went out at the brook of Egypt; and

the goings out of the border were at the sea: this shall be your south

border.

5 And the east border was the Salt Sea, even unto the end of the Jordan.

And the border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end

of the Jordan;

6 and the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and passed along by the north of

Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of

Reuben;

7 and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so

northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of

Adummim, which is on the south side of the river; and the border passed

along to the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at

En-rogel;

8 and the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the side

of the Jebusite southward (the same is Jerusalem); and the border went up

to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward,

which is at the uttermost part of the vale of Rephaim northward;

9 and the border extended from the top of the mountain unto the fountain

of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and

the border extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath-jearim);

10 and the border turned about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and

passed along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north (the same is

Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;

11 and the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward; and the

border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went

out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.

12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the border [thereof].

This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their

families.

13. And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the

children of Judah, according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, even

Kiriath-arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).

14 And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and

Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

15 And he went up thence against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name

of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.

16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him

will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he

gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

18 And it came to pass, when she came [unto him], that she moved him to

ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb

said, What wouldest thou?

19 And she said, Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the

land of the South, give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper

springs and the nether springs.

20. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah

according to their families.

21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward

the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,

22 and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,

23 and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,

24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

25 and Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-hezron (the same is Hazor),

26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,

27 and Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet,

28 and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah,

29 Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem,

30 and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,

31 and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

32 and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are

twenty and nine, with their villages.

33 In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,

34 and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,

35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

36 and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen

cities with their villages.

37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,

38 and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,

40 and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Chitlish,

41 and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities

with their villages.

42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

43 and Iphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,

44 and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.

45 Ekron, with its towns and its villages;

46 from Ekron even unto the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod,

with their villages.

47 Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages;

unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border [thereof].

48 And in the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

49 and Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (the same is Debir),

50 and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,

51 and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.

52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan,

53 and Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,

54 and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine

cities with their villages.

55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,

56 and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,

57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.

58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,

59 and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their

villages.

60 Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with

their villages.

61 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,

62 and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their

villages.

63 And as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children

of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the

children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

1. And the lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at

Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going

up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el;

2 and it went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along unto the border

of the Archites to Ataroth;

3 and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, unto the

border of Beth-horon the nether, even unto Gezer; and the goings out

thereof were at the sea.

4 And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their

inheritance.

5. And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families

was [thus]: the border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth-addar,

unto Beth-horon the upper;

6 and the border went out westward at Michmethath on the the north; and

the border turned about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed along it

on the east of Janoah;

7 and it went down from Janoah to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and reached

unto Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.

8 From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and

the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the

tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families;

9 together with the cities which were set apart for the children of

Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all

the cities with their villages.

10 And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the

Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and are become

servants to do taskwork.

1. And [this] was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the

first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father

of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

2 So [the lot] was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to

their families: for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek,

and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for

the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the

male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.

3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of

Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the

names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Mileah, and Tirzah.

4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son

of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us

an inheritance among our brethren: therefore according to the commandment

of Jehovah he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

5 And there fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and

Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan;

6 because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons.

And the land of Gilead belonged unto the rest of the sons of Manasseh.

7. And the border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is

before Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand, unto the

inhabitants of En-tappuah.

8 The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of

Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.

9 And the border went down unto the brook of Kanah, southward of the

brook: these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh: and

the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and the goings

out thereof were at the sea:

10 southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the

sea was his border; and they reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar

on the east.

11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns,

and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the

inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its

towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three

heights.

12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out [the inhabitants of]

those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

13 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxed strong,

that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them

out.

14. And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou

given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great

people, forasmuch as hitherto Jehovah hath blessed me?

15 And Joshua said unto them, If thou be a great people, get thee up to

the forest, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites

and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for

thee.

16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for

us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have

chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth-shean and its towns, and they

who are in the valley of Jezreel.

17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to

Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power; thou shalt

not have one lot only:

18 but the hill-country shall be thine; for though it is a forest, thou

shalt cut it down, and the goings out thereof shall be thine; for thou

shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and

though they are strong.

1. And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled

themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there: and

the land was subdued before them.

2. And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had

not yet divided their inheritance.

3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to

go in to possess the land, which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, hath

given you?

4 Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they

shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their

inheritance; and they shall come unto me.

5 And they shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his

border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on

the north.

6 And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring [the

description] hither to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah

our God.

7 For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of

Jehovah is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of

Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which

Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them.

8 And the men arose, and went: and Joshua charged them that went to

describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it,

and come again to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in

Shiloh.

9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by

cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua unto the camp

at Shiloh.

10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah: and there

divisions.

11. And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according

to their families: and the border of their lot went out between the

children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

12 And their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan; and the

border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the

hill-country westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of

Beth-aven.

13 And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of Luz

(the same is Beth-el), southward; and the border went down to

Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the

nether.

14 And the border extended [thence], and turned about on the west quarter

southward, from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and

the goings out thereof were at Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), a

city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.

15 And the south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim;

and the border went out westward, and went out to the fountain of the

waters of Nephtoah;

16 and the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain that

lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the vale of

Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of

the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel;

17 and it extended northward, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to

Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to

the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben;

18 and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and

went down unto the Arabah;

19 and the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and

the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the

south end of the Jordan: this was the south border.

20 And the Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the

inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders thereof round

about, according to their families.

21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to

their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz,

22 and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,

23 and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

24 and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their

villages:

25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

26 and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

27 and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,

28 and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath,

[and] Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance

of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

1. And the second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the

children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was

in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah.

2 And they had for their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,

3 and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem,

4 and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,

5 and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,

6 and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages:

7 Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages:

8 and all the villages that were round about these cities to

Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of

the children of Simeon according to their families.

9 Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the

children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much

for them: therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of

their inheritance.

10. And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to

their families; and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid;

11 and their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to

Dabbesheth; and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam;

12 and it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border

of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia;

13 and from thence it passed along eastward to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin;

and it went out at Rimmon which stretcheth unto Neah;

14 and the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon; and the

goings out thereof were at the valley of Iphtah-el;

15 and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem:

twelve cities with their villages.

16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their

families, these cities with their villages.

17. The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the children of

Issachar according to their families.

18 And their border was unto Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,

19 and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,

20 and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez,

21 and Remeth, and Engannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez,

22 and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh; and

the goings out of their border were at the Jordan: sixteen cities with

their villages.

23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar

according to their families, the cities with their villages.

24. And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher

according to their families.

25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,

26 and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel

westward, and to Shihor-libnath;

27 and it turned toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reached to

Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel;

and it went out to Cabul on the left hand,

28 and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Sidon;

29 and the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre; and

the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea by

the region of Achzib;

30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their

villages.

31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher

according to their families, these cities with their villages.

32. The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for the

chilren of Naphtali according to their families.

33 And their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and

Adaminekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakkum; and the goings out thereof were at

the Jordan;

34 and the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from

thence to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to

Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrising.

35 And the fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and

Chinnereth,

36 and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,

37 and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,

38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh;

nineteen cities with their villages.

39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali

according to their families, the cities with their villages.

40. The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan

according to their families.

41 And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and

Ir-shemesh,

42 and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah,

43 and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron,

44 and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,

45 and Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,

46 and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa.

47 And the border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the

children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and smote

it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and

called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according

to their families, these cities with their villages.

49. So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by the

borders thereof; and the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua

the son of Nun in the midst of them:

50 according to the commandment of Jehovah they gave him the city which

he asked, even Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim; and he built

the city, and dwelt therein.

51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the

son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the

children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before

Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of

dividing the land.

1. And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,

2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities of

refuge, whereof I spake unto you by Moses,

3 that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly [and] unawares

may flee thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger

of blood.

4 And he shall flee unto one of those cities, and shall stand at the

entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the

elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city unto them, and

give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not

deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbor

unawares, and hated him not beforetime.

6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation

for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those

days: then shall the manslayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto

his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

7. And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali,

and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is

Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.

8 And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the

wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead

out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

9 These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for

the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person

unwittingly might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of

blood, until he stood before the congregation.

1. Then came near the heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites unto

Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of

fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel;

2 and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying,

Jehovah commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs

thereof for our cattle.

3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their

inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with

their suburbs.

4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the

children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of

the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the

tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families

of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the

half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe

of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of

Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

7 The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe

of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun,

twelve cities.

8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities

with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by Moses.

9. And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the

tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are [here] mentioned by

name:

10 and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the

Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.

11 And they gave them Kiriath-arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak

(the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs

thereof round about it.

12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to

Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

13 And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its

suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,

14 and Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs;

15 and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,

16 and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, [and]

Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with

its suburbs,

18 Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.

19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen

cities with their suburbs.

20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest

of the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the

tribe of Ephraim.

21 And they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of

Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,

22 and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs; four

cities.

23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with

its suburbs,

24 Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.

25 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and

Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.

26 All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath

were ten with their suburbs.

27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out

of the half-tribe of Manasseh [they gave] Golan in Bashan with its suburbs,

the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be-eshterah with its suburbs; two

cities.

28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath

with its suburbs,

29 Jarmuth with its suburbs, En-gannim with its suburbs; four cities.

30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its

suburbs,

31 Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.

32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs,

the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and

Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.

33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were

thirteen cities with their suburbs.

34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the

Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, and Kartah

with its suburbs,

35 Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.

36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with

its suburbs,

37 Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.

38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the

city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,

39 Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.

40 All [these were] the cities of the children of Merari according to

their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot

was twelve cities.

41 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the

children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus

it was with all these cities.

43. So Jehovah gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto

their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

44 And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware

unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before

them; Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand.

45 There failed not aught of any good thing which Jehovah had spoken unto

the house of Israel; all came to pass.

1. Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe

of Manasseh,

2 and said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of Jehovah

commanded you, and have hearkened unto my voice in all that I commanded

you:

3 ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have

kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your God.

4 And now Jehovah your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he

spake unto them: therefore now turn ye, and get you unto your tents, unto

the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you

beyond the Jordan.

5 Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses

the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk

in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and

to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went unto their

tents.

7 Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given [inheritance] in

Bashan; but unto the other half gave Joshua among their brethren beyond the

Jordan westward; moreover when Joshua sent them away unto their tents, he

blessed them,

8 and spake unto them, saying, Return with much wealth unto your tents,

and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and

with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies

with your brethren.

9 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe

of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of

Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the land of Gilead, to

the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the

commandment of Jehovah by Moses.

10. And when they came unto the region about the Jordan, that is in the

land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the

half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to

look upon.

11 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben

and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar

in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on

the side that pertaineth to the children of Israel.

12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of

the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up

against them to war.

13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to

the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of

Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

14 and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of

the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their

fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.

15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad,

and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake

with them, saying,

16 Thus saith the whole congregation of Jehovah, What trespass is this

that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day

from following Jehovah, in that ye have builded you an altar, to rebel this

day against Jehovah?

17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not

cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the

congregation of Jehovah,

18 that ye must turn away this day from following Jehovah? and it will

be, seeing ye rebel to-day against Jehovah, that to-morrow he will be wroth

with the whole congregation of Israel.

19 Howbeit, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over

unto the land of the possession of Jehovah, wherein Jehovah's tabernacle

dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against Jehovah, nor

rebel against us, in building you an altar besides the altar of Jehovah our

God.

20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing,

and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished

not alone in his iniquity.

21. Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe

of Manasseh answered, and spake unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,

22 The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, the Mighty One, God, Jehovah, he

knoweth; and Israel he shall know: if it be in rebellion, or if in trespass

against Jehovah (save thou us not this day,)

23 that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Jehovah; or

if to offer thereon burnt-offering or meal-offering, or if to offer

sacrifices of peace-offerings thereon, let Jehovah himself require it;

24 and if we have not [rather] out of carefulness done this, [and] of

purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our

children, saying, What have ye to do with Jehovah, the God of Israel?

25 for Jehovah hath made the Jordan a border between us and you, ye

children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no portion in Jehovah: so

might your children make our children cease from fearing Jehovah.

26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for

burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice:

27 but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our

generations after us, that we may do the service of Jehovah before him with

our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings;

that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no

portion in Jehovah.

28 Therefore said we, It shall be, when they so say to us or to our

generations in time to come, that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the

altar of Jehovah, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for

sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.

29 Far be it from us that we should rebel against Jehovah, and turn away

this day from following Jehovah, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for

meal-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Jehovah our God that

is before his tabernacle.

30. And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation,

even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the

words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children

of Manasseh spake, it pleased them well.

31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of

Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This

day we know that Jehovah is in the midst of us, because ye have not

committed this trespass against Jehovah: now have ye delivered the children

of Israel out of the hand of Jehovah.

32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned

from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land

of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought

them word again.

33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of

Israel blessed God, and spake no more of going up against them to war, to

destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and the children of Gad

dwelt.

34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar

[Ed]: For, [said they], it is a witness between us that Jehovah is God.

1. And it came to pass after many days, when Jehovah had given rest unto

Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well

stricken in years;

2 that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their

heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said unto them, I

am old and well stricken in years:

3 and ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done unto all these

nations because of you; for Jehovah your God, he it is that hath fought for

you.

4 Behold, I have allotted unto you these nations that remain, to be an

inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I

have cut off, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun.

5 And Jehovah your God, he will thrust them out from before you, and

drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as

Jehovah your God spake unto you.

6 Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written

in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the

right hand or to the left;

7 that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you;

neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear [by

them], neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves unto them;

8 but cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.

9 For Jehovah hath driven out from before you great nations and strong:

but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto this day.

10 One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is

that fighteth for you, as he spake unto you.

11. Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Jehovah your

God.

12 Else if ye do at all go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these

nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them,

and go in unto them, and they to you;

13 know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these

nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto

you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish

from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.

14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know

in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of

all the good things which Jehovah your God spake concerning you; all are

come to pass unto you, not one thing hath failed thereof.

15 And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon

you of which Jehovah your God spake unto you, so will Jehovah bring upon

you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good

land which Jehovah your God hath given you.

16 When ye transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he

commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to

them; then will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and ye shall

perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

1. And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for

the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for

their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of

Israel, Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the

father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

3 And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him

throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him

Isaac.

4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir,

to possess it: and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

5 And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that

which I did in the midst thereof: and afterward I brought you out.

6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and

the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen

unto the Red Sea.

7 And when they cried out unto Jehovah, he put darkness between you and

the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your

eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.

8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that dwelt beyond the

Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and ye

possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against

Israel: and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;

10 but I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still:

so I delivered you out of his hand.

11 And ye went over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of

Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the

Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the

Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.

12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before

you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy

bow.

13 And I gave you a land whereon thou hadst not labored, and cities which

ye built not, and ye dwell therein; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye

planted not do ye eat.

14 Now therefore fear Jehovah, and serve him in sincerity and in truth;

and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in

Egypt; and serve ye Jehovah.

15. And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day

whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were

beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but

as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

16 And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should

forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;

17 for Jehovah our God, he it is that brought us and our fathers up out

of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and that did those great

signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and

among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed;

18 and Jehovah drove out from before us all the peoples, even the

Amorites that dwelt in the land: therefore we also will serve Jehovah; for

he is our God.

19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah; for he is a

holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgression nor

your sins.

20 If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and

do you evil, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve Jehovah.

22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves

that ye have chosen you Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, We are

witnesses.

23 Now therefore put away, [said he], the foreign gods which are among

you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.

24 And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and

unto his voice will we hearken.

25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a

statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he

took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the

sanctuary of Jehovah.

27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a

witness against us; for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he

spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny

your God.

28 So Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance.

29. And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun,

the servant of Jehovah, died, being a hundred and ten years old.

30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah,

which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of

Gaash.

31 And Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of

the elders that outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Jehovah,

that he had wrought for Israel.

32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out

of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob

bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of

money: and they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill of

Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill-country of Ephraim.